Octagon represents No. 2 pick Kari Lehtonen, No. 4 pick Joni Pitkanen and No.
22 pick Sean Bergenheim, all Finnish players. The company also is the adviser to
the family of No. 30 pick Jim Slater.

"We had a very nice draft," said Brian Lawton, a former player who heads Octagon's
hockey division. Lawton and agents Larry Kelly and Mike Liut jointly represent the
players.

Lawton said the Octagon hockey division is concentrating recruiting efforts more
on likely high draft picks, rather than on high numbers of players. "From a business
standpoint, the reality of the NHL draft is ... the odds really drop off in the
later rounds," he said.

Independent agents or agents not associated with a large agency did well in this
year's draft. Notably, the No. 1 and No. 3 picks were both represented by agents
from small firms. Gordon Kirke represents No. 1 Rick Nash and Bryon Baltimore represents
No. 3 Jay Bouwmeester. Kirke and Baltimore are both sports lawyers practicing in
Canada.